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 GHOUL
SCHOOL
(Camp
Motion Pictures)
1990. Horror/Trash. 90
Minutes. Unrated.
After breaking into the local high school to search for something,
two men inadvertently release a toxic chemical into the school’s water
system. Anyone who comes into
contact with the tainted water becomes a flesh eating, blue zombie type
thing. While the zombies wreak
havoc on anyone walking the halls or gym, it is up to 2 nerds and a rock
band to take back the school.
Ghoul
School
is awful. Not funny awful,
just awful awful. The
filmmakers go over the top on trying to make this movie look b-movieish.
The editing is purposely choppy, the sound isn’t always in sync
with the characters’ lips, and the effects are pitiful.
All these purposeful shortcomings make this film the lamest excuse
for a b-movie I have ever seen. Even
the cameo of Jackie “the Joke Man” Martling (Howard Stern Radio Show)
is lame. There’s also a
cameo from Joe Franklin, but I have no idea who he is, so I didn’t
follow that bit. For some
reason,
Ghoul
School
is being sold as part of the “Retro 80’s Horror Collection”, even
though it was made in 1990. Not
quite sure how that works. The
DVD is packed with extras, including a making of
Ghoul
School
, 3 commentary tracks, and a boatload of extra short films (4 to be
exact). Seeing that I could
only get through 55 minutes of the movie before whipping the DVD at the
wall, I did not get to review any of the extra features.
Do yourself a favor and invest your cash into something more
exciting and useful, like duct tape and rope. – C
Clark
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